Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1977)

With regard to the Bill of the Code of the Children and Adolescents currently before Parliament, which the Committee has noted in the observation, it draws the attention of the Government to the fact that only light work is allowed as an exception to the minimum age under Article 7 of the Convention, and for persons aged more than 13 years, since Uruguay specified the minimum age as 15 years at the time of ratification. The Committee asks the Government to send a copy when the Code is adopted.

The Committee also requests the Government to continue to supply information on the application of the Convention in practice, including for instance statistical data on young workers and the school enrolment rate, extracts from official reports and information on the number and nature of contraventions reported, as requested under point V of the report form.